visual pun

noun

A pun involving an image or images, often based on a rebus.

Meanings

nounvisual pun (plural visual puns)

plural visual puns

  1. A pun involving an image or images, often based on a rebus.

    Pictured is a visual pun created by Futro, called ‘Almost Evil’ and featuring the numbers 665.

    2010, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, The Visual Dictionary of Typography, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 206
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APA

visual pun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visual%20pun

MLA

“visual pun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visual%20pun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “visual pun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visual%20pun.

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